Daniel Waswas creates works that uplifts and embraces the cultural diversity of Papua New Guinea. His vivid colour and pattern reflect the body painting traditions of the Papua New Guinea Highlands.
Biography
Born in 1973 in Papua New Guinea, Daniel has grown to become a higly celebrated Papua New Guinean aritst.
Daniel has a BA in Art & Design from Whitecliffe College of Art & Design, and an MA in Fine Arts from the University of Auckland.
In 2007 Daniel was the artist in residence at the Macmillan Brown, Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury.
Curriculum Vitae
Solo Exhibitions 2001 The Journey, Holiday Inn, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 2000 PNG Cultural Spirit, Studio of Contemporary Art, Auckland, New Zealand 1997Bilas Bilong Yumi, Whitecliffe Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand 1994The Beginning, Airways Hotel, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Selected Major Exhibitions 2006 Turning Tides-Gender in Oceania Art, University of California, Graduate Gallery, San Diego 2005 Latitudes 2005-Terres du Pacifique’ (Contemporary Art from Pacific), Paris City Hall, Hotel de Ville Paris Luk Save Art Show, Royal Papua Yacht Club, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister’s Garden Art Show, National Museum and Art Gallery, Papua New Guinea 2004 Luk Save Art Show, Royal Papua Yacht Club, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 2000 Genealogy, North Shore City Artformz Festival, Mairangi Art Centre, New Zealand 1999 The Third Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane Australia Romantic Notions, Contemporary Pacific Art, Porirua Museum of Arts & Culture, Porirua, wellington, New Zealand 1998 Wake Naima(Creating Together), Jean Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Noumea 1997 Question of Searching & Romance of the Masks, The Pumphouse
& Uxbridge Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Artwork in Major Collections
Manukau City Council, Auckland, New Zealand
Museum de Rochefort, France
Museum of Lyon, France
Australian National Gallery, Australia
Tjibaou Cultural Centre, New Caledonia
British American Tobacco, Papua New Guinea & Australia
Museum of Ethnology, Frankfurt, Germany
Reef Shipping Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
Kings College Foundation, Auckland, New Zealand
BSP Bank, Papua New Guinea
NasFund, Papua New Guinea
Crown Plaza Hotel, Papua New Guinea
Airways Hotel, Papua New Guinea Art
Publications
Cochrane, S. Contemporary Art in Papua New Guinea, Sydney, Australia, 1997
Beyond the Future in The Third Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery, 1999
Paradise, In Flight Magazine: Air Niugini, September 2005, December 2005
